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M. RUBIN.

BELT BUGKLE.

(No Model.)

No. 394,013. Patented 1360.4, 1888.

WITNESSES, ,9 MW 029,

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MAX Rl'lllN, ()F NFHY YORK, N. Y.

BELT-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,013, dated.December 4, 1888.

Application filed October 13, 1888- Serial No. 287,979. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, MAX RUBIN, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBelt-.lluckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in buckles for fasteningwaist-belts, and the object of my invention is to provide a buckle whichis simple in construction, can be adjusted on any desired part of thebelt, and readily opened by the use of one hand only.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts anddetails as will be fully described hereinafter, and finally pointed outin the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, liigure l. is i face-plate E swings thesame from the position a front view of my improved beltbuckle, showingthe same applied on a belt, parts of which are broken out. of the same.view, and Fig. l is an end view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The buckle is composed of the main plate A, provided at the ends at oneedge with the lugs or ears l3, and at the ends and opposite edge withlugs (I projecting in the opposite direction of that of the lugs or ears1%. To the lugs or cars B the lugs or cars l) of the face-plate E arepivoted, said face-plate having an aperture, F, through which the headedstud G can pass, which projects from that face of the main plate fromwhich the lug B projects. Between the lugs C a toothed clampingplate, H,preferably having a serrated edge, is pivoted. One end of the belt 0 ispassed between the clamping-plate II and the back of the main plate andis locked on said main plate by swinging down the clamping-plate H, asshown in Fig. 3. It is evident that by means of said elam fiing-plate Hthe buckle can be locked on any part of the belt, thus permitting ofleligthening or shortening the belt at will. The free end of the belt 0is Iiig. 2 is a rear view, Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional I passedthrough the space between the inner edge of the face-plate E and theouter surface of the main plate A, the headed stud Gbeing passed throughan aperture, J, in the belt a greater or less distance from the edge,which aperture may be provided with an eyelet, if desired. Theface-plate E is then swung against the outer face of that end of thebelt that has been passed thrtnigh the space between the face-plate andthe main plate, so that the headed stud G passes-through the aperture l.in said face-plate E. The belt is thus closed and locked.

To open the belt it is only necessary to seize the outer free end of thebelt and pull the same in the direction of the arrow J1, Fig. 3, wherebythe end of the belt acting on the shown in full lines in Fig. 3 into theposition shown in dotted lines. The headed stud G is thus removed fromthe aperture in the faceplate and the belt, and the end of the beltreleased from the buckle so that it can be readil y withdrawn from thesame.

Having thus descrilied my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent In the belt-buckle herein described, the combination,with a main plate provided with two pair of lugs at the ends bent up inopposite dircctions to the plane of said main plate and made integraltherewith, of a toothed clamping-plate pivoted to one pair of lugs, aface-plate pivoted to the other pair of lugs and provided with anaperture, and a stud attached to the main plate and adapted to beengaged by the aperture in the face-plate, sub stantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MAX RUBIN.

\Vitnesses:

CARL KARP, MARTIN PETRY.

